(GunReports.com) — At the 2013 SHOT Show, Gun Tests staffers ran across tons of new sidearms. If you are particularly interested in any of them, please let the staff know in the comments below or send your wish list to GunTestsEditor@me.com. If you see more on other websites, just include a link in your comment so the staff can follow up.
For 2013, Ruger is expanding several of its existing handgun lines. The SR pistol line has been expanded to include 45 ACP chamberings. The new KSR45 No. 3801 is a 10+1 capacity pistol with a brushed stainless steel slide, black glass-filled nylon frame, and adjustable High-Visibility 3-Dot sights. $529. Ruger’s SR1911 will be available as a Commander-sized pistol in 2013. The SR1911CMB model No. 6702 will be chambered in 45 Auto and have a 7+1 capacity. $829. Ruger is now chambering a version of the LC9 pistol in the 380 Auto cartridge, the LC380. Same size as the LC9 and fits in holsters designed for the LC9, but offers reduced recoil versus the LC9. $449.
Cabot Gun Company debuted the American Joe, an artistically engraved design by Joe Faris on a 420 stainless steel 1911. Price $7,450.…
Originally developed for the U.S. military’s next generation handgun competition, HK’s new HK45 “Tactical” comes standard with a threaded barrel and three-dot tritium night sights. With a choice of three frame colors (black, tan, or green), the full-size HK45 Tactical (HK45T) model uses an ergonomic grip design that includes changeable backstraps together with molded finger grooves. Comes with: 10-round steel magazine, Picatinny MIL-STD-1913 frame rail, nine different kinds of trigger firing modes.…
Rock Island Armory introduced the company’s two new 10mm Tactical pistols built on the 1911 and 2011 platforms. Both the 10mm Tactical II and the 10mm Tactical VZ 2011 are scheduled to ship during the 2nd quarter of 2013.
